Parece ser que muchos de los Colegios/Asociaciones y Sindicatos de pilotos se estan dando cuenta de que la situación actual es insostenible… para ejemplo a seguir este artículo:
The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) has warned that Britain could have, within the next few years,“a shortage of airline pilots because of the cash crisis young pilot hopefuls face – and because of the disgraceful way both the industry and government are now treating them”.
BALPA Chairman, Captain Mark Searle said ‘”Once young people could enter the profession through airline sponsors…but now they have to fund their own initial training which can cost up to £100,000”.
According to BALPA, trainees, once they have obtained their basic license could “increasingly have to find another £25,000 to £35,000 to pay for the ‘privilege’ of building their experience at the controls of a big jet and get their type rating”.
“This is plain wrong” added Captain Searle “These young pilots are desperate for a job and are now being charged by airlines to fly fare paying passengers. Airlines should be ashamed. This is also bad economics for UK Plc. With the economic downturn showing some signs of reversing, Britain’s aviation industry is going to wake up with a pilot shortage because of the disgraceful way we have been treating young hopefuls”.
BALPA’s General Secretary Jim McAuslan remarked that it has outlined a plan “to tackle this real threat to UK aviation”.
Included in the plan is a new booklet for people thinking of becoming a pilot, spelling out the challenges and giving guidance before embarking on this path, the establishment of a new Career Services support service, the Association will also be pressing individual airlines to shoulder more of the responsibility for training, while it wants “to work with others who believe the Government should do more”
Finally, BALPA said that it “will be debating a motion at its own annual delegate conference on Friday 5 November that, if passed, will challenge employers who charge for line training and type rating. The profession will stick together on this. We all have an interest in the best pilots being supported into this profession”.
